1998 Introduction to Nagano Winter Olympics

The18th Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, 14 events and 68 events. Uruguay, Azerbaijan and Macedonia participated in the competition for the first time. In the end, Germany won 12 gold medals, ranking first in the gold medal list, and the host country Japan won 5 gold medals, ranking seventh. The newly added events in this Winter Olympics include women's ice hockey, skateboarding and curling. China won six silver medals and two bronze medals at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, the largest number of medals since she participated in the competition. Li Jiajun won the silver medal of 1000 meter, which is the first men's medal in the history of China Winter Olympics. Yang Yang broke the world record of women's short track speed skating1000m. The symbol of Nagano Winter Olympics is named "Colorful Snowflakes", which symbolizes the competition of ice and snow events. The mascots are four owls with strange shapes. The organizing committee named the four mascots Inch Hi, Nengcheng, Jiaxi and Du Mu respectively.